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It's the latest craze in hair smoothing treatments. It turns frizzy hair into smooth and shiny hair and it lasts for up to three months. It's called the Brazilian Blowout, but now some people have questions about its safety. One thing is certain, the product is popular and it's bringing customers in at local salons. At Les Cheveux Salon in Roanoke, a sign on the door advertises the Brazilian Blowout. Customers are calling and coming in and asking about it, said Heidi Horne, a stylist at Les Cheveux.

A Covington man has been sentenced to a total of 40 years in prison for the death of his infant son. Jared Meadows was sentenced Friday. He entered an Alford plea in September. That meant he didn't plead guilty, but admitted there was enough evidence to convict him. Investigators say Jared Meadows killed the child in September 2011 by dropping him on the wooden armrest of a sofa while trying to feed the baby while he was crying. ------------------------------ Original story Sept.

One day in the late 1970's two young girls vanished from school. No sightings, few leads,they're just gone. It's one of the oldest cold cases in the Roanoke Police files. They think they have their man and they believe the girls were murdered. The prime suspect was a convicted killer, but he took any clues to his execution. Those clues might just be buried in rural Bedford County. ***************** "I've come up with a hypothesis of my own," claims Linda Owens. She says a small parcel of land in Bedford County holds the bodies of her kid sister and one of her friends.

Wesley Earnest will get a new trial. The former school teacher and administrator found out Monday morning that his April murder conviction is being thrown out. Earnest is accused of killing his estranged wife, Jocelyn, back in 2007. Judge Jim Updike denied bond, saying that Earnest is a substantially greater flight risk than he was before he went on trial. That ruling came after Updike decided to set aside Earnest's April 5th murder conviction. ...

The Hooters restaurant in Roanoke has closed its doors. The Williamson Road restaurant, which is owned by a Richmond businessman, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November. A notice posted on the restaurant door indicates that the tenant defaulted on its loans. The notice reads that the “premises are now under the control of the Landlord, Spirit Master Funding, LLC. Because of lease defaults, the Tenant has no right to possession of these premises or any furniture, fixtures, or equipment located at the premises, but remains liable for outstanding amounts payable, future charges, and damages under the Lease with the Landlord.

The ghost stories of the three sisters in black have hung around Christiansburg for more than a century now. The trio was known for their dark attire. Mary Snead, Caroline Martin and Virginia Wardlaw were educators who ran the old Montgomery Female Academy in the early 1900's. The old building is gone....in its place now the Old Christiansburg Middle School - currently housing Blacksburg Middle School students. The women were notorious for killing off relatives for insurance money.

The U.S. Postal Servicehas officially announced that the Lynchburg and Roanoke mail sorting facilities will close. Operations for both facilities will be moved to Greensboro, N.C. The Postal Service says it has experienced a 25 percent decline in first-class mail since 2006. A specific date for the closings have not been set. The Postal Service has agreed to moratorium on closing or consolidating post offices until May 15. Here is the news release: CHARLESTON, W.Va.

The Better Business Bureau is warning western Virginia seniors about a scam that comes in the form of a mailer claiming to help pay funeral costs. The letter comes from the “National Processing Center,” a name which implies false affiliation with the U.S. Census. The return address points to Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., the same street as the White House. The mailings claim that “a new program is now available” and “these approved programs may pay 100 percent of all final expenses,” or, in other words, funeral costs.

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E-mail Jean Follow Jean on Facebook Follow Jean on Twitter Jean Jadhon is Co-Anchor of WDBJ7 at Six, Anchor of WDBJ7 at 5, and a reporter. Jean began at WDBJ7 as anchor of News 7 at Eleven . One year later, she helped inaugurate News 7 at Five. In 2005 Jean took over the duties as co-anchor of the staion's flagship 6 p.m. newscast. Jean spends mornings reporting stories in the field and afternoons working on News 7 at Five and News 7 at Six. Jean is a native of central New York State and started her career as a reporter in Binghamton, New York, before heading to Syracuse, New York, as a reporter for the ABC affiliate there. Jean's work then brought her to the Gulf Coast of Florida where she anchored the weekday 10 o'clock news in the Fort Myers-Naples market.

Wythe Co., Va.--- A woman from Wytheville is dead after the S-U-V she was riding in flipped during Saturday's snow storm. State Police say 50-year-old Marsha Walters was on Route 21 just outside Wytheville when the vehicle ran off the road and overturned. The driver was taken to a local hospital. Here is the full press release: WYTHEVILLE WOMAN KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASH State Police Respond to 130+ Crashes in Saturday’s Wintery Mix WYTHEVILLE, Va. – A Wytheville woman was killed and her husband injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon (Dec.

One local bride won't just take steps to the altar this Saturday, but she'll also take steps earlier in the day that are a start to her whole new life. Hunter Flannagan's ready for her wedding all the way down to the bottom of her shoes which have stickers with the words "I" and "do" pasted on . After all this wedding was supposed to happen months ago. " We had an original wedding date of September 25th," Hunter Flannagan explained. " And we postponed it due to my chemo(therapy)

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It's an alarming problem across the country and it is killing people every day. The Centers for Disease Control reports that in 2010, more than 12 million people, adults and children, used prescription pain pills without a prescription. Here's the truth, hardcore prescription pain pills are easy to get all over Southwest Virginia. Police are trying to slow it down but it's not a fight to be won anytime soon. Let's talk about a town just two hours from Montgomery County. Lebanon, Virginia, is near the Tennessee-Virginia border.